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Born in the Upper Egypt town of Coma near Heracleopolis in the year 251 A.D, St. Antony the Great, when orphaned at the age of 18, became a hermit and thus lived to 105 years old. He lived as an Anchorite, as still exists in Egypt, and it is said tha ...
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/antony.htm
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- Christian Oxyrhynchus (modern al-Bahnasa) and its Environs
Oxyrhynchus (meaning sharp-nosed fish) was the main city within the nineteenth nome (province) during Egypts Pharaonic Period. In ancient times, it was called per-meged (Per-medjed) and Pemje by the Coptic Christians. It played an interesting role in ...
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/oxyrhynchus.htm
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- Monastery of St. Macarius (Deir Abu Magar)
It is said that the Christian, St. Magar (Maker), who lived as a hermit monk in a cave for over forty years, received a divine revelation in the form of a dream to build a church. When he died in 390 A.D, he was buried in his beloved cave, but his mo ...
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/magar.htm
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- The Lost Gospel of Judas
Describes the ancient Coptic manuscript dating from the third or fourth century, containing the only known surviving copy of the Gospel of Judas, which has been restored and authenticated after being lost for nearly 1,700 years; contains: The Documen ...
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/
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- St Paul The First Hermit
Saint Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite (d. c. 345) is regarded as the first Christian hermit. The legend according to Saint Jeromes Vitae Patrum (Vita Pauli primi eremitae) is that Paul fled to the Theban ...
http://www.geocities.com/paulthefirsthermit/
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- Monks and Monasteries of Egypt
Summary of the book Monasticism in Egypt by Michael McClellan, with 35 photos from the book, and catalog and reviews of the photo exhibit; from Inner Light Productions. ...
http://www.innerlightproductions.com/gallery/galegypt.htm
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Before Egypt became an Islamic state, it was a mostly Christian country with an ancient Christian heritage. It was a land where Jesus and his family were known to have traveled, and where early Apostles came to spread his word, particularly at firs ...
http://touregypt.net/featurestories/coptchurch.htm
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- Clement of Alexandria
A lengthy essay which treats both the life and writings of this early Christian philosopher and theologian, by Francis P. Havey; from The Catholic Encyclopedia. ...
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04045a.htm
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Contains selections from the writings of such early Church Fathers as Alexander of Alexandria, Athanasius, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Peter of Alexandria, Pierius of Alexandria, Theognostus of Alexandria, and others, plus several Gnostic texts. ...
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/
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